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Reading Comprehension: History of Tech
In this activity, learners will read a short passage about how technology has changed in a category and then answer questions to show their understanding of the content. There are five different variations of this activity in order for learners to read about more than one category of technology.
Reading Comprehension: History of Tech
Materials
- Pencil
Instructions
- Print out the Learner’s Sheet pages.
- Gather your supplies.
- Give your learner one of the reading comprehension sheets.
- Tell your learner about this activity: “Today, you’re going to do a reading
comprehension activity to learn about how technology has changed over the years! Read through the passage on this sheet and then answer the questions at the end. When you’re done, we’ll see how many you got right.” - Ask your learner to tell you when they are all done.
- When they are done, check their work against the answer key.
- Congratulate your learner on a job well done!
Reading Comprehension: History of Tech
Difficulty & Timing
This activity requires a low level of facilitator participation.
Each sheet will take about 20 minutes to complete.
Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) Standards
1A-IC-16
Impacts of Computing, Culture:
1B-IC-18
Impacts of Computing, Culture:
Common Core
RI.3.1
English Language Arts Standards » Reading: Informational Text » Grade 3 » 1
RI.3.2
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RI.3.3
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